tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post100204808931871718..comments2016-12-04T07:46:33.595-06:00Comments on People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Little Bags of CrapJen Piwtpitthttps://plus.google.com/100873754701380222226noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-27556737474520501502016-02-02T16:41:53.922-06:002016-02-02T16:41:53.922-06:00That&#39;s hilarious and frustrating. As for your ...That&#39;s hilarious and frustrating. As for your collected donations - just do what I do, hide them in your trunk. Because I&#39;m totally gonna drop them off, um, soon... I&#39;m pretty sure I read somewhere that donations increase in value after 6-9 months of &quot;aging&quot; in a trunk.ecodrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318230476395137108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-70641574867542010082016-01-12T21:52:46.316-06:002016-01-12T21:52:46.316-06:00Know the little plastic bags of air that Amazon us...Know the little plastic bags of air that Amazon uses for cushioning packages? My 4 yr old requests we cut them open so he can use them to pack things in, then packs as many toys and such as he can in them. Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060651974790143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-53305174334849066752016-01-11T22:47:22.702-06:002016-01-11T22:47:22.702-06:00My girls did this too. I would go thru their bags ...My girls did this too. I would go thru their bags while they slept and it was always a good laugh or a &#39;damn it I&#39;ve been looking for that!&#39; or a &#39;huh, what the heck...why?&#39; I kinda miss it now that they&#39;re older, although they still collect things, it all just doesn&#39;t fit nicely in a small bag, and their rooms are a slobby mess. My &#39;psychological&#39; guess is it&#39;s a DNA imprint back to cavemen days when women were the gatherers and men the hunters.kitschiekoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09178807760194523143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-32607918329133707712015-01-15T07:23:30.063-06:002015-01-15T07:23:30.063-06:00This is hilarious, I have three older girls, 16, 1...This is hilarious, I have three older girls, 16, 18 and 21 and they all did this and the youngest one still does! My middle child was the absolute worst, about it, every time she got a cute bag, purse or tote I knew it would be immediately filled with random crap, but I guess it means something to them at the time. Great memories!mspice3http://www.blogger.com/profile/00411576634368915459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-18398400292874831872015-01-12T23:40:58.013-06:002015-01-12T23:40:58.013-06:00He chose a toothbrush - I call that a win!!!He chose a toothbrush - I call that a win!!!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856375419610730538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-1500882284666860852015-01-12T12:17:18.468-06:002015-01-12T12:17:18.468-06:00It looked like all of them were at least coordinat...It looked like all of them were at least coordinated or had some sort of theme :) I&#39;m sure in her mind there is some kind of rhyme or reason to it, but i don&#39;t think she has a problem...no more than her mom anyways. Kim Hodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206165371220559555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-91804834926129858032015-01-12T02:09:53.286-06:002015-01-12T02:09:53.286-06:00That is bizarre, children&#39;s compulsive behavio...That is bizarre, children&#39;s compulsive behaviour is fascinating isn&#39;t it?<br />I used to go around stacking everyting. Don&#39;t know why but I would just try to stack everything I could into a single pile, used to drive my parents insane.Pink Noamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05998731447839791043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-39129550991480217102013-11-15T11:52:52.738-06:002013-11-15T11:52:52.738-06:00I think it&#39;s a girl thing. My 3 girls do this,...I think it&#39;s a girl thing. My 3 girls do this, but not the 2 boys. I used to care, now I don&#39;t. I used to spend an hr a night helping them unpack bags only to have them refilled tomorrow. So now I leave the crap in the bags and toss them in the closet. This is for 2 reasons 1) I&#39;m too lazy to unpack them every night. 2) when they run out of bags they have to unpack one to pack a new one. I figure it&#39;s their crap and if they want to &quot;organize&quot; it in such a way, it&#39;s not hurting me any! When they ask me where something is I say &quot;I don&#39;t know, look through all your bags&quot; and let them deal with it. This is a HUGE acomplishment for me since I used to be very OCD about missing toys and would think of that missing _________ for days until it turned up! NO MORE! DONE!HEATHER HOLTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14955642682460717148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-87683411733725658562013-11-15T10:14:32.837-06:002013-11-15T10:14:32.837-06:00Good luck! Mine&#39;s 8 and still has the box of s...Good luck! Mine&#39;s 8 and still has the box of silly bandz, bags of shells, bags of rocks, broken pieces of toys that he&#39;s convinced someone can fix, etc. And god forbid I organize any of it! But mom! I need those 13 markers with the rocks, not with the other markers!KCJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139209428093556929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-91706442654819882272013-06-01T12:48:29.902-05:002013-06-01T12:48:29.902-05:00Hi Jen: I love your blog! I could write an artic...Hi Jen: I love your blog! I could write an article called &quot;Big Boxes of Crap&quot;. My husband and I collect paper boxes from our places of work, you know, the nice kind with lids. We stick things in these boxes that we are not sure we should save, pitch, or donate. We basically put stuff in the boxes and shove them in our basement. Flash forward a year later. I need boxes to clean out and store stuff from my preschool classroom. I cleaned out those big boxes of crap, and now I have six empty boxes (with lids) to store things in. Most of the stuff was trash, some things we needed to save, but most of it was random junk we hadn&#39;t thought of in about a year! Last year we painted and carpeted our living room, and of course a lot of stuff went in boxes and were shoved downstairs! I even found coupons dated 2009! Again, love the blog and I love reading your adventures!lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04791677559460368820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-78849140333651657502013-01-31T11:52:45.121-06:002013-01-31T11:52:45.121-06:00This is so funny, she actually has some good stuff...This is so funny, she actually has some good stuff. My bags are mostly goodwill-bound, too and have no good American Girl and art supply stashesBig City Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05042609281838023071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-50631148900634120542013-01-30T12:15:18.581-06:002013-01-30T12:15:18.581-06:00My 3 year old daughter is the same way..has bags o...My 3 year old daughter is the same way..has bags of toys and other crap sitting all over the house. Also like you, I can&#39;t bring myself to throw any of their artwork away. I have &quot;memory totes&quot; that I store it all in. That way it isn&#39;t trashed, nor is it in the way. I will hang the freshest piece of lovely art on the fridge and switch them out as I am given a new masterpiece! Tabithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634929311128938248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-84074487812233180732012-03-10T03:39:28.980-06:002012-03-10T03:39:28.980-06:00Hi! i am 14 and have the exact same... &#39;habit&...Hi! i am 14 and have the exact same... &#39;habit&#39; When I was younger, it was boxes and bags of random and total crap. My parents and I moved when I was two and I got sort of a pack-everything-up fixation. I was allowed a &#39;secrets&#39; drawer when I was four or so. <br />I was ok back then but then I started to have the need to pack things up. I still have this problem today. Although I am very good at hiding it. I have two large material sacking boxes FILLED TO THE BRIM and another by my desk full of books. If you try to move them I think you would die. They are so heavy one has to be heavier than my parents and I combined!!<br /><br />But its not all bad. I have stopped hoarding rubbish and now its mostly my stuff. Books probably. It does not help that my dad is a hoarder. He can&#39;t bear to throw away anything. although he does not stuff things. I honestly think that it helps keep me sane. I am a very stressed person and I deal with things physically. Its basically like I am stuffing my stress into a box. <br /><br />Your daughter may grow out of this. Hopefully as I get older and learn to deal with stuff better I&#39;ll simply grow out of it. Its weird, it seems that when a parent has a problem like this the kid has the same. My parents used to undo my &#39;bag ladies&#39; what we called them) and I would have a fit I would literally break down. If I have kids and they have this, I will not force it out of them.<br /><br />I will help them control it. Its good to have a parent that understands. My problem is so bad because my parents always tried to undo them. Jut let your kids grow out of it. But teach them they can do that with only THEIR stuff. Not other peoples.<br /><br />Good luck everyone!!! its so good to not be alone!! and yes a support group would be great :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-23634943344083675212012-03-06T21:04:19.960-06:002012-03-06T21:04:19.960-06:00OMG, thank goodness there&#39;s more out there!!! ...OMG, thank goodness there&#39;s more out there!!! I just walked out of my 9 year olds bedroom after finding 3-4 bags and drawers full of all sorts of stuff. She does it in our basement too all over the place drawers, cubby holes, everywhere. I seriously thought something might be wrong but if there are more kids that do this then I&#39;m giving up on trying to make her stop and just hope that she grows out of it. I am pregnant and can&#39;t keep up with her messes! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-8749419635395049622012-01-28T18:28:46.484-06:002012-01-28T18:28:46.484-06:00Oh, and I forgot to mention half finished suckers!...Oh, and I forgot to mention half finished suckers!Taraflemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578409786288686823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-37492362135471425852012-01-26T14:12:35.174-06:002012-01-26T14:12:35.174-06:00Home with my sick girly today and uncovered at LEA...Home with my sick girly today and uncovered at LEAST a dozen little bags of crap, and that was just in her closet! Items ranged from dirty socks and fake plastic watermelon, to googly rubber spiders and Halloween (yes, Halloween) candy, to a pile of slutty Barbie clothes and about a 1/2 cup of sand (??). Of course, I once found a grapefruit in my way-too-big purse, so I can only blame myself. As they say, the bigger the purse, the bigger the crazy...Taraflemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578409786288686823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-41539946502309682322012-01-23T20:52:49.158-06:002012-01-23T20:52:49.158-06:00Who knew this was an epidemic? Thanks for bringing...Who knew this was an epidemic? Thanks for bringing it to light. I thought it was just my girls.Alysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12426016206260065847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-6291973173622598682012-01-23T14:36:56.030-06:002012-01-23T14:36:56.030-06:00We call it &quot;Baby Hoarders&quot; or &quot;Juni...We call it &quot;Baby Hoarders&quot; or &quot;Junior Hoarders&quot; in our house. Both the girl, age 6, and the boy, age 3, suffer from this syndrome.Carol Contihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04441709387117184005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-480811972303204642012-01-22T08:57:37.094-06:002012-01-22T08:57:37.094-06:00I love this!!! I&#39;m not alone! Lol. My daughter...I love this!!! I&#39;m not alone! Lol. My daughter has bags, her room is &quot;bagged&quot;! The teacher bag was the best, mine has an old purse of mine FULL of writing and reading books!!! And nope I can&#39;t get on to her, in my car I&#39;ve got a few bags of clothes (for months) needing to go to the goodwill, I&#39;ve got bags holding bags! LolCassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07941936904243164761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-58361202120689125712012-01-21T06:21:36.484-06:002012-01-21T06:21:36.484-06:00as a Psychology major, Hoarders aficionado (and fe...as a Psychology major, Hoarders aficionado (and fellow.... er... &quot;bagger and forgetter&quot;) I am sitting here, laughing hysterically. <br /><br />Priceless.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805369159780380914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-53741147952266611712012-01-20T19:18:12.964-06:002012-01-20T19:18:12.964-06:00Today my daughter -9- came upstairs with an Amazon...Today my daughter -9- came upstairs with an Amazon box-&quot;can I have this for my stuff&quot;-I look inside it is filled with her hair supplies-the girl has about 30 bags filled with the same random crap as your daughter-makes me insane=you make me laugh aloud!!Heartmom5http://www.blogger.com/profile/15068952206435913983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-38831273474999127802012-01-20T17:47:22.194-06:002012-01-20T17:47:22.194-06:00Omg, tears are rolling down my face I&#39;m laughi...Omg, tears are rolling down my face I&#39;m laughing soo hard.<br />I started cleaning my 13 yo daughter&#39;s room yesterday(after trying to get her to do it for..ever). Under her bed was every freakin&#39; paper from school for the past year, clothes, spoons(really),her little brother&#39;s toys,tiny pencil stubs,pencil shavings and pencil sharpener,money...the list could go on and on.I haven&#39;t even started on the bins on her bookcase-I might need some alcohol first.Scaryspymayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000048306408616538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-72669864268987198302012-01-20T16:46:01.960-06:002012-01-20T16:46:01.960-06:00I am so glad to know that I am not the only one wi...I am so glad to know that I am not the only one with a hoarder in training! My daughter had bags upon bags in her room with all sorts of random crap in them. I cleaned out her room, wouldn&#39;t know it by looking, but I took out two and a half bags full of garbage, and she never noticed. We then spent the next day going through all her &quot;stuff&quot;, that took us three hours. Needless to say she is no longer allowed bags in her room, or markers as her furniture loving shows her artwork. Did I mention she is almost 9?!Maybe we should contact TLC and offer up a new show idea about our little hoarders...at least that way we could make some money off the mess and not be in violation of any child labor laws!KCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10531541270466708565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-2899934019047543722012-01-20T01:32:29.132-06:002012-01-20T01:32:29.132-06:00Not only do I call my 6 year old daughter the hoar...Not only do I call my 6 year old daughter the hoarder too but we also have bags of all types of random and stolen items from her brother everywhere too! My favorite is when I clean and organize her room (once a year ) and she goes and gets her play school bag and throws two toters worth of crap back into for it to stay for the next year. And the drawings and pieces of paper? Everywhere! She would keep the fortunes from everyone&#39;s fortune cookies if she could, ripped gift bags, candy wrappers etc. I think we should produce hoarders for kids!Carleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17555708333388617075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-15304264864489443012012-01-19T20:44:09.398-06:002012-01-19T20:44:09.398-06:00Holy Hannah! I think I may be raising your daught...Holy Hannah! I think I may be raising your daughter&#39;s twin! I feel ya! (only because I also have a huge pile of stuff to donate as well) Good to know I am not the only one.....Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905971149386258660noreply@blogger.com